Millinery box



W. R, DELANEY MILLINERY BOX filled May 1]., 1923 enclosure for bodyportion B, oosccured at their bottom to the margin of ihe hoitoni wall12. I desire, however, that it he understood that I do not liuu myselfto l'llll curvilinear configuration for the sidewalls 13 and 14;. Theupper nmmin of the sidewalls l3 and H and 16 in route will 11 terminatein. the ssnio horizontal pline.

A lid or 903%; C is iormecl with a top wall 1! corresponding: preferablyto the outcr horizontal configuration of the side and rear walls and ismargin is bound with 2x rightzingulorly positioned pendant continuousiiengc l8, isle rear wall 19 of which is flat, srlapicd to overly thefiop portion of the rear wall 11' and oulsido thereof. A hinge 20 secures this noriion l9 flexibly lo the rear will 11 at; e (list-{111ccbelow the top margin of the rear Wall equal to the depth of the flange19. in the construction illusii'ated, Zlie rear Wall ii is shown"provided with a reinforcing or overlying wall 21 which causes this roarwall to he of doublo thickness bolow the ilnngo l9 and it is,preferably, this rcinfoi'cing Wall 21 that the hinge 20 secured, lit isto he understood that the entire. s' ord'ooord structure of this box mayhe covered with finishing material, such as ornainenlel paper 22, 23 and24.

Stop straps 25 and 26 are preferably iniierconnecied between thesidewalls 13 and ll and the lid to limit its outward swing.

- A tape or ribbon 30 is fixed to the lip of the lid 8 farthest fromilieliinge and o corrosponding hope fixed to the body portion B, sothan; the two tapes niuw be tied together to hold the lid closed. l oecarrying bail 32 is also preferably secured to the box body nortion B bypassing through suitable slits in Lise Walls-thereof and, byiiurcher'zittachmain to tho walls may oo necessary.

it sluiuld he noted that tho hinge of the lid to she body port on B isindirect; that iiho liinging is between the bottom margin 33 oif {lon%'ol9 and the, cop margin reinforcing l so that the flange 18, even withshe lid open shown in from iis very ooininonceinent ill) the locality ofthe hinge 20, sirnddles with its portions 35 and 36 and lies against theoutsidc face ilie sidewalls l3 and 14. is positioning is such slun- .i\,cannot enter ogoinst she inner niece of those sidewalls. In fact, thecorners 3? end 38 opemiae somewhai'; as coins against Figures 1 and 2menses those portions 35 and 3G, :iutoznaiicully cum ing the r'lzuigo 18'0 soul conveniently and readily outside of the Walls of the bodyportion. This is accomplished without any manual manipulation of theflange or edges of thc oils and serves grouily to preserve llillflOliQJlintegi'ily of the box as a wholc.

lhis :u'rungmuent also enuhlcs the lid to it snuggly about the openmouth ol lhc body portion so that its continuous flange aids inreinforcing tho wall. Stresses in the locality of the hinged rearportion are also distribu'rcd portly between the locality of the hingeitself and between the upper margin 16 of the rear wall Where itcontents with the top Wall 17 of the lid.

The inventive thought may have a variety of expressions, as iscontemplated in what i claim and desire to secure by United StatesLetters Patent:

A self-stiffened combination of band-box with a lid comprising enopen-top body portion, the Walls of which are somow'hatresil- -ient endare comprised of paper hoard and which walls include a fins rear wall, abottom Wall and side-Walls bulging outwardly from said fiatreor Wall andextending substantially vertically upwardly from the rim of said bottomWall and so that thelop rim of Said rear Wall snd bulging side walls arecontinuous one into the other, and are bounded by the some horizontalplane; a lid for said body, also composed of paper-board and consistingof etop-wall of a configuration corresponding to the outer circumferenceof said rear and side-Walls and a continuous flange pendant at rightangles from said topall and having a flat rear portion to fit againstsaid flat rear wall and a bulgling portion lo fit about; the saidbulging nortion of said side-Walls, the depth of said flange and thebulging of said sidewalls being such tliei, a mutual cannning action anda mutual yielding commence with the closing of said lid from arelatively open position and continues throughout substantially all ofthe closing action to client the automatic seating of all said flangesnugly about said side and rear walls in response to a hinged movementof said lid.

In, Witness whereof, i: have signed my name to this specification this8th day of May, 1923.

WlLllilAll l R. DELANEY.

